Thanks for posting these every day, Klu - this is some great stuff.
And, yeah, Seeing Doggie in an Expos lineup is indeed a sad, sad thing. The picture from his 1978 card seemed to show a very sad, dejected man.

Big Klu

06-17-2007, 01:02 AM

Thanks for posting these every day, Klu - this is some great stuff.
And, yeah, Seeing Doggie in an Expos lineup is indeed a sad, sad thing. The picture from his 1978 card seemed to show a very sad, dejected man.

Thanks. I got the idea one day when everyone (myself included) was complaining about Jerry's lineup. I wondered what some of the lineups from the past looked like. (1977 was the first year I looked up.) I enjoyed looking back into history, and I'm glad some others also enjoy it!

Duane Kuiper is now a long time broadcaster for the Giants and a very good one. Also Johnnie LeMaster is a fellow Eastern Kentuckian. He hails from Paintsville. Just some useless knowledge I thought everyone should know. ;)

No one was wondering what Sparky was doing batting Foster 5th....behind Dan DriesseN??

Big Klu

06-17-2007, 08:35 PM

That 82 lineup sounds like a AAA squad ;)

And the thing is, that lineup was just about the best the Reds could put on the field that season. Maybe Paul Householder instead of Walker in RF (though Householder/Walker/Vail/Biittner were all a push in my opinion), and Johnny Bench at 3B was an offensive upgrade over Landestoy--but a defensive downgrade. (Rafael Landestoy was basically a switch-hitting Juan Castro with a little more speed.)

Big Klu

06-17-2007, 09:24 PM

No one was wondering what Sparky was doing batting Foster 5th....behind Dan DriesseN??

I have been wondering that for some time. Entering that game, Driessen was hitting .272 with 6 HR's and 36 RBI's, while Foster was hitting .313 with 15 HR's and 49 RBI's.

In the game, Driessen went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI, raising his line to .277/6/37, while Foster went 2-for-5 with 2 HR's and 4 RBI's, raising his line to .315/17/53.